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“An argument for zero-based state constitutional interpretation”

At the Lectern

Nick Scheuerman writes on SCOCAblog , the online publication of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law and of the UC Law Journal , that “the California Supreme Court generally does not interpret the California constitution independently [of the federal constitution]. Supreme Court has said or might say.

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United States Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Voting Rights For D.C.

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Some of us have repeatedly said that the lawsuit would not succeed despite various law professors filing a brief supporting the underlying claims. It quotes advocates for the rejected challenge and then adds this observation: “The ruling has little bearing on the ongoing fight for D.C. I have written about D.C.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States. All left an imprint on the court or the law. Some worked behind the scenes. A few attained modest fame.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Colorado Court Ruled on Venue for Colorado Local Governments’ Climate Change Claims. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati . Wikimedia Commons.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.